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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marion's teacher say is in the textbook she encourages them to buy?

2. What unpleasant beverage do Hortensia and Marion share in Chapter Eighteen.

3. Who is Innes's mother?

4. How do Hortensia and Marion get to Agnes’s home in Cape Town?

5. What does Marion suggest when she finds Dr. Mama and Hortensia together?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the arrangement when Marion moves into Hortensia’s house?

2. Why does Hortensia mock Marion’s attraction to Frikkie?

3. What motivates Hortensia to contact Esme?

4. What does Marion removing the stain from Hortensia’s wall symbolize?

5. Why does Marion share the story about Alberta?

6. Why is the fact that Hortensia had an abortion significant?

7. Why does Hortensia feel “at home again” after she and Marion fight?

8. What causes Hortensia to “begin to hate”?

9. Why did Hortensia and Peter’s relationship receive criticism?

10. How does Marion feel to be staying in No. 10 Katterijn Avenue?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think the author chose to situate the novel in the neighborhood of Katterijn specifically? What details about the neighborhood contribute to the plot and themes of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Hortensia’s perception of and struggles with the concept of motherhood. How does this compare to Marion’s struggle?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the significance of Beulah Gierdien’s letter and request that she bury her grandmother’s ashes on Hortensia’s property. What history and significance is present here?

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